My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 101 The Future Collapses Again

Dean Sun pursed his lips, scrutinizing his phone. This time, it was his turn to ask the person on the other end: Are you conscious?
“I know!” Principal Li sighed. He could understand the other side very well—putting himself in their shoes, he could imagine how he felt when he heard Dean Sun say that Chu Zhu had extremely high musical talent... He could understand just how shocked Dean Sun must be to hear this now.

“But I’m serious,” Li Quanyuan said, emphasizing each word. “So you understand now, right? This isn’t about whether or not to give up something you love!”

"But, this, this!" Dean Sun's lips moved, and he finally said with a wry smile, "Alright, I'm sorry for being so presumptuous, just pretend I didn't ask this question!"

Musical geniuses are certainly remarkable, but track and field champions are an exception!

Even for Li Quanyuan, it is of great significance—if Chu Zhu really wins the championship in the future and reveals that he was discovered and cultivated by the school during his university years—this will bring Li Quanyuan a lot of glory, and can even be considered a great achievement during his tenure!
After a brief pause, Dean Sun was still somewhat unwilling to give up, "You, you're really not joking?"

“Perhaps there really are such geniuses and prodigies!” Li Quanyuan shook his head, very patiently. “Speaking of which, didn’t the West have polymaths like Leonardo da Vinci in the past? So, don’t underestimate the potential of humankind… Although I’ve lived this long, this is the first time I’ve ever seen one!”

"No, you don't understand his musical talent at all!" Dean Sun was particularly unwilling, gritted his teeth, and then asked again, "By the way, if he wins the championship at the school during your term, then the glory will naturally belong to your university!"

"But, when the time comes, could we let this Chu Zhu student be my doctoral student?"

Li Quanyuan was stunned for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

Since the grades were in his hands, transferring to another school isn't entirely unacceptable.

"We'll see what he thinks when the time comes..." Li Quanyuan suddenly thought of something, his face twitching slightly. "This kid is really hard to figure out! Don't think that we can come up with any useful results by discussing this here!"

"Even if I agree, he might not be happy... I don't know if it's his personal problem or a common problem for kids this age!"

Li Quanyuan poured out his grievances, "He clearly had the potential to become a world track and field champion, but he didn't care at all. Yes, he really didn't care! He gave the coaches from the sports bureau a hard time more than once."

"...Huh?" Dean Sun's mouth gaped open slightly. This was beyond his expectations. After a long silence, he could only stammer, "Okay! I understand... We'll talk again when we have the chance."

……

Li Quanyuan hung up the phone, his fingers lightly tapping the table. "That kid always manages to give me a surprise!"

"Pity."

Li Quanyuan sighed abruptly, "Music and sports, though important, are just so-so."

"If only this kid were truly like Leonardo da Vinci, with his talent primarily in mechanics and scientific research!"

In this country, what is most valued... is ultimately science and research! If one can achieve results in this area, that is truly standing at the very top of the hierarchy of contempt!

Li Quanyuan patted his cheeks, adjusted his glasses, and continued to review documents under the lamplight.

……

at the same time.

Chu Zhu closed her laptop, looking somewhat tired. "I've already written half of 'Starry Sea'!"

Back to being a construction worker! It hurts, it hurts so much!

Especially considering that after moving Xinghai's textual brick, there's still Xinghai's detailed explanation, an even more significant textual brick... Chu Zhu felt her head starting to ache.

"We'll deal with the rest tomorrow! Time for bed." Chu Zhu unleashed her ultimate move: Please, tomorrow's me.

After washing up, Chu Zhu lay down on the bed and closed her eyes.

……

"Good morning, Zhang Zihai... Ah?!"

Chu Zhu opened his eyes, his expression blank. He looked around, "Wait... where did I end up?"

"Is this still Jinghai City?!"

This is a plain.

He could see the sparse trees and weeds all around him!

But the most crucial problem is... there is no sign of civilization here.

Yes, it's not even quite the same as the Ruins timeline. The Ruins timeline has a lot of building remains, which can still be barely identified even after the passage of time. Moreover, there are still some man-made buildings there, such as the settlement where the guild is located, although they are relatively few.

But there really is nothing left here.

“I died yesterday. The reset time should have been when Zhang Zihai was squatting by my bedside? Besides, I didn’t go to the wilderness to look for nuclear facilities yesterday, so even if it wasn’t the reset time of six o’clock, it couldn’t have been in the wilderness… Moreover, judging from the way the sky is now, it should indeed be six o’clock in the morning?”

Chu Zhu considered the existing situation, and her eyelids kept twitching.

"What the hell."

What did he do that caused the future to collapse?
After a moment of silence, Chu Zhu made his decision, his expression grim as he rose and rushed towards the Nuwa base. He was incredibly fast! Moreover, this was a plain, with occasional babbling brooks visible in the distance…

"Something's not right!" Chu Zhu suddenly stopped, a chill inexplicably rising from his body. He scanned his surroundings. "Why? There are no wild animals here?"

Even within Jinghai City, amidst the pressures of steam-powered industrial civilization and human activity, one can occasionally spot some birds in flight—but here, there are only the sounds of flowers, trees, the rustling of the wind, and flowing water—not a single sound from any living creature!

It's practically a horror movie!
Suddenly, a figure appeared in the distance.

Chu Zhu's face lit up with joy, but the next breath, his expression froze...

It was a monster with three heads and eight arms.

Moreover, there were three heads. One head resembled a human head that had been doused with sulfuric acid, with only a scarlet eye remaining. The other two heads resembled insect heads, with huge mouthparts wriggling.

The one on the far left, shaped like a mosquito's head, with countless compound eyes, gradually focused, locking onto Chu Zhu from a great distance.

"Squeak!" A piercing sound rang out, and Chu Zhu instinctively covered his forehead, feeling a sharp pain. "This is!"

In that instant of distraction, the monster's thin wings fluttered, and it was already within arm's reach!

Its mouthparts pierced through its chest.

“…Me!” Chu Zhu’s lips moved. He could vaguely see the crimson compound eyes that were almost pressed against his face, which almost triggered his trypophobia!
Chu Zhu's vision went black. Then...

Time begins to reverse!

Chu Zhu sat up expressionlessly. The time and place were familiar, and his mind was filled with turbulent thoughts.

"Interesting! It seems the reason there's no life here... is because there are apex predators at the top of the food chain?"

"No, no, no, it's a supernatural being... and a supernatural being that's out of control!"

"That stinging sensation just now... hmm, if I'm not mistaken, it must be from contamination!"

Chu Zhu narrowed his eyes. Due to various unforeseen circumstances, he had not actually joined the Commandery and had not had time to receive training. However, through repeated trial and error and his brief exchanges with Ning Linglong and Li Kang, Chu Zhu knew that he had deduced many useful things.

If pollution gets too severe, it will get out of control and turn into a monster!

Ordinary monsters are not a problem... but if it is a monster of a very high level, especially one with a distorted appearance—a high level means high quality of pollution, and a distorted appearance means a large amount of pollution!
Even though Zhang Hai was very powerful, because his appearance wasn't drastically distorted, the level of radiation exposure he received while watching wasn't as high as one might imagine...

In summary, this powerful and strangely-looking creature is definitely heavyweight!
Even just seeing them would increase one's own pollution! Chu Zhu is alright, partly because he is not polluted, and partly because he is a superhuman... Ordinary people would go crazy if they saw them.

Whether you're an extraordinary person or an ordinary person... a stinging sensation in the brain is the most obvious warning sign of rising pollution.

Of course, Li Kang also mentioned a truly high-level monster, although even Li Kang had only heard of it and never seen it—this kind of high-level monster, even just knowing of its existence, could cause huge disasters and lead to a sharp increase in pollution.

Therefore, it's really not fair to blame the Commandery for being so strict in its blockade of extraordinary knowledge and information—although they arbitrarily erase memories and are almost inhumanly mechanical in this regard, it is indeed for the continuation of human civilization!
"That three-headed guy, is he level three, or higher?" Chu Zhu thought calmly. He'd seen level two before; Li Kang was one of them. He might not be able to beat him, but he couldn't possibly be instantly killed!
Facing that monster, he had a strong feeling that he was facing a shadow assassin!

"Let's keep exploring! Hopefully, the remaining six lives will be enough." Chu Zhu wiped the bitter smile from his face. He needed to at least reach the Nuwa base and then find out what had happened.

Chu Zhu felt that he hadn't done anything at all... He couldn't understand why things had turned upside down like this.
Is it because they recorded music? Isn't that ridiculous?

Or perhaps it's because he wrote a novel?
Or is it because of the decision to start a private company with Lin Xia?
No, even if it's the butterfly effect, this is going too far!

He could at least understand why cooperating with the country could lead to a breakdown in the situation... After all, with the size of a country, even the slightest movement could create a massive upheaval in time.

But now...

This time, Chu Zhu took a different route and carefully lay in wait.

however……

“…Damn it!” Chu Zhu looked at himself pinned to the ground by the spear, his face contorted. He was facing the earth, turning his head with all his might—a 180-degree turn was easy for a body cultivator like him.

He saw an angel!
However, it was not Zhang Hai, nor was it even human-shaped.

It was an enormous eyeball, with several pairs of slightly fluttering, pure white wings on its back. It was sacred and cold, but the first feeling it evoked was fear—Chu Zhu felt goosebumps rise on her skin.

Oh no, it's the angel from the original version of the Bible.

Chu Zhu couldn't hold back. The original angels in the Bible could not possibly be so anthropomorphic—human-like, charming, and aesthetically pleasing, they were instead demons who tempted human desires!

As for angels, all they need to do is use their brutal and cold appearance to instill fear in the world, and then unleash devastating fire to judge humanity!

"..." Chu Zhu let out a muffled groan. He finally sensed that his body seemed to be constantly twisting and deforming—

Then, he lost consciousness.

(End of this chapter)